Chapter 373 — The First Round Is Won
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The banquet for the renowned physician Kang was a Western-style buffet reception. Kang Xiaoyinbo led Wei Zhao to a corner of the hall. In truth, their purpose had already been served: Xiaofen had seen Kang Jingming's true face, stepped out of the shadow in her heart, and gained a new life for herself.
Once inside the hall, Xiaofen's spirits sank somewhat, no doubt from all that had come before. Though she was utterly disillusioned with Kang Jingming, anyone in her shoes would be out of sorts.
Especially after so many foolish years, so many years of holding on, only to find it had all come to nothing — anyone would feel wretched. Tang Zhi stood at her side, offering quiet comfort, though matters like this needed no comforting; in a few days she would be herself again.
"Captain, since we've come, it wouldn't do to leave right away — but once the younger generation have paid their respects to the birthday elder, we can go. We'll leave straight after. A place like this, I don't want to linger a single minute longer." Kang Xiaoyinbo loathed Kang Jingming's true face with every fiber of his being.
"Is that man your father?" Wei Zhao did not answer Kang Xiaoyinbo, but pointed instead at a middle-aged man not far off and asked. At the man's side stood Kang Jingming, gesticulating as he said something.
"It's my dad. But what's Kang Jingming doing?" Kang Xiaoyinbo was taken aback, unable to fathom why Kang Jingming had gone to see his father. Had he gone to lodge a complaint? Surely Kang Jingming wasn't that spineless — after being rebuffed at the door, had he really run off to tattle to the grown-ups?
"I'd guess it's about Xiaofen!" Wei Zhao frowned. "I never thought Kang Jingming would be this nasty — going to your father to badmouth Xiaofen!"
"Screw his ancestors for eighteen generations!" Kang Xiaoyinbo flew into a rage. If what Wei Zhao said was true, then this Kang Jingming really was a little too despicable, wasn't he?
"Ha... his ancestors for eighteen generations are your ancestors for eighteen generations, aren't they?" Wei Zhao laughed. "It's really nothing. Look on the bright side — sooner or later you were going to have to lay your cards on the table with your parents about this. Now that he's said his piece, you go and tell your parents the whole story of what happened to Xiaofen, exactly as it was. I don't think they're unreasonable people!"
Wei Zhao observed that Kang Xiaoyinbo's father had the look of a good-natured old fellow. He might care about saving face, but he was certainly not the hard-hearted, wicked sort.
So long as one appealed to his reason and moved him with sentiment, Wei Zhao believed it would be no difficult matter to get him to accept Xiaofen.
"Really?" Kang Xiaoyinbo was overjoyed at Wei Zhao's words. "Leader, you're not pulling my leg?"
"Why would I lie to you?" Wei Zhao shook his head. "If it doesn't work, I'll put in a word for you."
Wei Zhao's grasp of human nature was still quite accurate, and he could indeed be of help to Kang Xiaoyinbo.
And over on Kang Jingming's side, Wei Zhao had guessed correctly! He had gone to see Kang Xiaoyinbo's father, and it truly was to talk about Xiaofen! Only he did not dare admit that he had toyed with Xiaofen and then cast her aside; instead he painted Xiaofen as a shameless, cheap woman who, after seducing him, had gone on to seduce Kang Xiaoyinbo...